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DRoseDARs
Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Mar 27 2009, 11:34 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 27 2009, 11:34 PM EDT
Just watched part of the rerun of the finale, catching at the start of the Galactica-As-The-Opera-House scene, and noticed something I hadn't noticed last week. When Galactica jumps to our Earth, she's blowing off large chunks of herself over the Moon. In realistic terms, those pieces of wreckage would deorbit and be scattered all over the surface after 150,000 years. With no atmosphere to stop them, the metal fragments would survive the trip down and be partly preserved. Alternate Earth Humans are going to find hard evidence of "some" civilization having been to the Moon before them. Perhaps one of those hull plate fragments will even say "Battlestar Galactica" on it... ;-) Do you find this valuable?    
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Green-Arrow
1. RE: Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Mar 28 2009, 4:17 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 28 2009, 4:17 PM EDT
I totally agree. We need to get somebody up there and check on that.

And not just that -- all those raptors, vipers, shuttles, and miscellaneous equipment they brought along to the surface? Don't tell me EVERY trace of that machinery would be lost in 150,000 years. If human bones can survive that long, I think plastic and metal components of their craft and gear would do a sight better.

Maybe at some point they dug a very deep hole and buried all their remaining tech? Maybe dropped it all into the ocean? Or maybe it's hidden inside the pyramids? Do you find this valuable?    

DRoseDARs
2. RE: Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Mar 28 2009, 8:27 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 28 2009, 8:27 PM EDT
Vast oceans 5 miles deep would work nicely, as would the caldera of a shield volcano (think Hawai'i), which would completely melt the evidence. Perhaps jiving Colonial mythos with Terran mythos is that some artifacts (cultural/lingual, rather than technological) survived until at least the early stirrings of Terran civilization. But none of the metal or plastic surviving? Yeah, that's a plot hole you could fly a Raptor through. Do you find this valuable?    
amy_c
amy_c
3. RE: Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Mar 30 2009, 5:07 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 30 2009, 5:07 PM EDT
I guess we'll have to go with GA's explanation. They could have cleaned up all evidence - makes sense that they would consider that since they were so adamant about getting back to nature.

So, er, yeah. They cleaned up their mess.

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modernman
modernman
4. RE: Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Apr 3 2009, 9:42 AM EDT | Post edited: Apr 3 2009, 9:42 AM EDT
A few years ago Scientific America had an article about how much (or little) would be found by archeologist in the future and surprisingly very little would be recognizable. Some steel and plastic items would turn up but even items that seem to last forever would break apart. I'm going on memory so I might have some of the details wrong but (I remember) ski boots were used as an example. The hard plastic wouldn't breakdown for thousands of years but the glue and the stitching would fall apart after only a few decades leaving behind objects without context. The BSG explanation is at least plausible. Personally I like the ending since it implies that Lee was wrong, we made the same mistakes and maybe tools and technology weren't really the problem. Do you find this valuable?    

DRoseDARs
5. RE: Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Apr 4 2009, 8:34 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 4 2009, 8:34 PM EDT
Well that's the thing about the hull debris Galactica was shedding as it passed over Alternate Moon. With no corrosive atmosphere (water + anything = eventual corrosion) which is exactly what Alternate Earth has, the metal fragments would survive just fine well into the future on the lunar landscape and would be immediately recognizable as being of artificial origin. Anything not dealt with by the Colonials on Alternate Earth would be dealt with eventually by Mother Nature in geologically short order. Do you find this valuable?    
modernman
modernman
6. RE: Gone without a trace (save Hera's mDNA)? Not so much...
Apr 4 2009, 10:34 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 4 2009, 10:34 PM EDT
Good point about the Galactica debris. Do you find this valuable?